My School Board Removed Our Only Armed Officer For ‘Equity.’ Then A Knife Was Brought To School

My School Board Removed Our Only Armed Officer For ‘Equity.’ Then A Knife Was Brought To School

Last month, the Northshore School Board voted to remove the only armed officer from our campus at Bothell High School in Washington, Officer Garrett Ware. The district’s own evaluation recommended keeping the Student Resource Officer (SRO) program. Our principal recommended keeping it. Students, parents, and teachers packed the meeting room and begged them to keep it. Four members of the school board voted to terminate the program anyway. By doi…